emulation

Games

PSP 3000 Homebrew is Here Now

1:30AM Jason Chen | Although the Datel Blue Tool boots your PSP 3000 into service mode, it’s not a real service mode that let’s you install and run homebrew. This latest TIFF Exploit, however, is one step closer. More »
Games

PXP-900 Is a PSP That Plays Tons of Emulation Games

3:40AM Jason Chen | If you’re a fan of the PSP look and form factor but eschew the 3D graphics for NES/SNES and Gameboy-level sprites, the PSP-900 is $US90 worth spending. More »
Phones

Palm Pre Marketer Crashes, Burns During Classic Palm OS 3D Gaming Demo

2:00AM Jack Loftus | Cool demonstration of the tech in action, but damn woman, get back on the road! Brief clip, with the fun beginning at 30 seconds and ending pretty much instantaneously. Update. More »
Software

Windows 98 Now Runs on the Nokia N95

1:40PM Adrian Covert | Just when you were mildly impressed with the fact that the Nokia N95 ran Windows 3.1, you can now be slightly more mildly impressed that it runs Windows 98 (apparently). [DailyMobile] More »
Software

System 7 Kind Of, Sort Of Running On An iPhone

8:57PM John Herrman | What does the inexplicable internet subculture of people who put old software onto new, inappropriate hardware have for us this week? System 7 on an iPhone, of course!
Software

The First Ever Apple Computer Running Windows

9:20AM Jesus Diaz | Yesterday we missed this in our look at the first review of Windows ever: Here’s the first known photo of an Apple computer running Windows 1.0 software. Yes, Mr. Bootcamp, Windows on Apple in 1983. More »
Online

T-Mobile Launches G1 Emulator to Pass the Time until October 22nd

10:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | If you can’t wait for the T-Mobile G1’s release, or just couldnt figure out if it’s available or not and missed your chance to pre-order, T-Mobile has released a pretty full-featured emulator to play around with. It doesn’t have everything (GPS is missing and a few functions just give an error message) but it’ll give you a good taste of what’s to come on October 22nd. [Cell Phone Signal via Engadget Mobile] More »
Games

iPhone NES Emulator Adds Accelerometer Support, Brings Tilt Control to Mario

11:40AM Gizmodo US Edition | The new version of the popular NES emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch now includes accelerometer control for all games. The implementation is very simple: a tilt is equivalent to control input in that direction. This means that tilt control can be used in any game loaded into the emulator, but also that some of the controls are pretty much balls. Also, this app does not live in the official app store. More »
Games

DIY NES USB Controller Plays Games, Contains Emulator For Playing More Games

7:00AM Jack Loftus | This DIY hack does what modders have been doing with NES controllers for years, and then adds an awesome twist. First of all, it’s a USB controller that lets you play classic Nintendo games on your laptop. The cool part is there’s an emulator crammed inside the controller and it contains all the software and ROMs you need to have a pretty intense retro Nintendo party all by yourself. So far designer Jay Kaye has made three; how about a couple thousand more? More »